If, like me, you are a useless bloke or if you are simply a member of the fairer sex that would like to make sure that you get the most for your money. I hate going to the smelly counter at the local department store. Before I started the extensive research for this article I […]
Perfume can be one of the most seductive parts of a woman’s style. Picking the right perfume should be given as much time and care as picking out those perfect shoes or that wonderful dress. Perfume is an extremely sensual accessory that throughout the years has become an extremely potent tool in attracting members of […]
It is quite normal to expect people to want to look attractive and this might explain why anti-aging skin and beauty care products are so successful; this is due primarily to the fact we are all living longer and want to continue looking younger as we mature and age. This is done using skin and […]
I recently began selling to the retail market after being a Perfume Wholesale Distributor in the Discount Perfume industry for over 28 years. I started selling the pricing. If it is too good to be true, it usually is.
To further my research, I purchased the Coco Mademoiselle. At first glance it looked real but then […]
Perfume and sex are synonymous. Perfume adverts pitch their products for their ability to attract the opposite sex. Fragrances are always advertised by the most perfectly beautiful creatures on the planet and sold with the image that we too could be that beautiful or attract someone that beautiful if only we were to purchase and […]
Just like everything else these days, fashion has also become complicated and it requires a lot of skill to keep pace with it. It may not be unusual for you to be socially stamped as a fashion guru or on the other hand a fashion freak if you are not careful.
The complexities of fashion are […]
Picking the best perfumes can be a difficult decision. There is so much choice that making a decision can be extremely difficult. The perfume industry is saturated with choices and with new fragrances being released every week the world of perfumes can quite frankly be overwhelming. If like me you are slightly baffled by the […]
Picking perfume can be one of the hardest things to do. I consistently get it horribly wrong and my poor girlfriend always has to return my gift to the shop. It has got to the point that I never give her a gift of perfume without keeping the receipt.
It is a shame because I […]
In this day and age, we have come to know the metrosexual men. Each day, we find out that more and more men have become aware and are conscious of their appearance. Gone are the days when the rough and rugged look was the epitome of being handsome. Imagine guys with unshaven and perhaps even […]
Most people are aware that aftershave, gel or lotion, used by men after shaving helps by preventing the skin from getting infected by cuts, as well as perfuming and moisturizing the skin. Aftershave is able to prevent infection because of the antiseptic agents that are usually included in the list of ingredients, namely alcohol.
What to […]
The only time I have ever bought perfume for my loved one is in the airport duty free. The reason for this is that I never have the time or inclination to visit a dedicated perfume shop in town. If I were to go into to town to buy a present for my loved one […]
The range and quality of designer perfumes on the market is astounding. Perfume has become a multinational industry that invests an incredible amount of money on research and development so that the products that are created are constantly raising the level of quality of the perfumes. As a result it is well worth keeping up […]
Perfumery, that is the art of making perfume, is quite an ancient art that was first started in Mesopotamia as well as in Egypt, sometime during the 2nd millennium, BC.
During those days, perfumes were mostly made using spices such as coriander, almond, bergamot, etc and various kinds of herbs too. Surprisingly, they did not […]
A perfume shop is a great option for people that are looking for perfume but don’t quite know which one to opt for. The perfume shop helps people pick between the options by giving you the opportunity to smell and try a wide variety of perfumes all in one place. The added bonus of the […]
The Latin translation of perfume derives from the phrase ‘per fumum’ which means ‘through smoke’. Nowadays the phrase has developed and generally refers to scents that are manufactured to smell good. But the art of making perfume began thousands of years. The techniques for making perfume were initially developed in ancient Mespotamia and ancient Egypt. […]
Perfume has been a desired commodity since ancient times and many of the techniques used are still used to some degree today. When looking at ancient attitudes towards perfume it is surprising to discover how much it actually reflects the expectations of it in the modern day. To understand the nature of it in Ancient […]
This is a question asked my many of us who are allergic to strong perfume fragrances. Perhaps the belief that perfume acts as an aphrodisiac holds its own to other more practical reasons to use these aromas.
Historically, perfume can be traced to the early Egyptians who mixed smoldering resins and woods and used them […]
The perfume caters to our smell - olfactory sense. Our five senses are - touch, hearing, seeing, tasting and smelling. Corresponding to these are the five sense organs - the skin, the ears, the eyes, the tongue and the nostrils. Over and above these gross physical senses is another - the sixth sense that is […]
The word `perfume` is derived from the Latin `per fume` which means through smoke.
Perfume making began in ancient Egypt; later, it was improved by the Romans and the Arabs. The process of distilling oils from flowers was discovered by an Iranian doctor, and this is the process still used in perfume making today.
Modern […]
It is well known that perfume was widely used to elevate moods or cure bodily ailments by royalty and commoners alike. Even pharmacists, who knew of the healing properties of the plant oils used in perfumes, applied these fragrant compounds to cure several ailments of their customers.
Besides the oil of plants, color was also […]